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10 Dec 2016 2:29:38pm

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John, may I address your points.

"No one is asking for Great White sharks to be wiped out." - yet killing animals that are endangered is contributing to the extinction of the species and wiping them out.... forever. If you don't kill all large sharks the risk of a shark attack will remain, killing some does absolutely nothing to reduce the risk of a shark attack by a migratory predatory species that has no interesting in targeting or eating a non prey species like human beings. Perhaps folks shouldn't have BBQ's in the middle of a pride of lions.... what do you think?

"The selective use of nets and baiting in Queensland has worked in stopping deaths by sharks " - Sorry but shark nets do nothing, 90% of the sharks are caught on the inside of the net (not the outside), ie. they came, they saw, they thought "thats not food" and they left... only to be caught in a net and die. Note that baiting attracts sharks, it doesn't repel them. Do you think it is wise to attract sharks to where humans regularly swim?

"The WA Government has asked for a three year trial. Why not wait and see what the outcome is" - Why wait and watch endangered species be killed for no reason what so ever? Scientists already know that this is a pointless political exercise. If you don't want to be eaten by a lion don't ride a bike or go jogging right through the middle of their pride.

"placing baited drums during the warmer months of the year in locations where people are involved with water activites in the hope that sharks entering the location will be drawn to the bait rather than attacking someone in the water, thereby hopefully saving a life" - stop and think. Sharks are attracted by blood, bait, food smells from miles upon miles around. Dropping a blood trail in the ocean near where humans use the water will only attract sharks to the area, .... which is just stupid.

"While the ultimate killing of shark larger in size than 3 metres is nothing to celebrate, if it saves a life I believe it is justified, given our society in general has no qualms what so ever killing all kinds of fish, sharks, lobsters, crabs, squid and the like (all creatures of the sea), simply to eat!!" - which is why there is a massive problem of overfishing of 3/4ths of all marine species. Which is why millions of sharks are killed for their fins. Which is why critical apex species that govern the health of our marine environment are endangered species. Overfishing and killing animals based on a rejection of scientific knowledge is not justifiable... it is just plain old human stupidity and ignorance.